Photo by Skip Kerr His grizzled, effortlessly expressive face and generally enigmatic persona make Tom Waits an easily photogenic subject,…
An unprecedented sense of collaboration marked Seattles 2009 music scene.
Gladiators Eat FireIn their location somewhere along the noisy, experimental continuum that stretches from the Blood Brothers to Future of…
Backbeat, Barsuk, Blood, and a baby.
Last Thursday night, local label Barsuk Records threw a holiday party at the Salmon Bay Eagles’ Club that was a…
There’s an awful lot going on tonight, but I plan on splitting my time between the Comet Tavern, where Akimbo…
Guitarist Jeff Fielder is one of this city’s most unrealized treasures. The man responsible for putting together the stellar ensemble…
MSU at KEXP earlier this year.I extolled the sonic virtues of local punk two-piece Mobile Slaughter Unit throughout 2009; now…
Female drummers factor heavily in a genres Seattle resurgence.
Man, I don’t go out on New Year’s Eve for all the obvious reasons, but if I may have to…
When I had the pleasure of running into Don’t Stop Believin’ Records owner Megan Birdsall this weekend, I also received…
Making the rounds in the blogosphere over the last 24 hours is this MP3 summary of 40-plus minutes of Fugazi…
A popular Capitol Hill club succumbs to the sprinkler mandate, while the Tractor makes it rain.
The hangover count is high among War Room regulars today; last night was the final chance to pour one out…
On a night when it seemed all anyone could talk about was the sold-out xx show at Neumos, it shouldn’t…
Grohl and Homme come back, while Visqueen gives back.
Local musician John Spalding left this mortal coil exactly one year ago today. I only got to know him during…
Like everyone else with a brain and two ears, I’ve fallen hard for Them Crooked Vultures, but we have some…
Discussing Jeff McNultys heavy new band, and remembering Ben Hills.
Pixies’ leader Frank Black at the Moore last week.If you missed out on seeing the Pixies’ unfurl Doolittle in its…
